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Bourchier, William (1414 - 1469)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1414
Death Date: 1469-12-12

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Hankeford, Thomasine (1423 - 1453)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1437-8-3
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced six additional children
  2. Affeton, Katherine ( - 1467)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1459-1-9
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Isabel and Thomasine are possible daughters of William's first union.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 3rd Baron FitzWarin

Titles

  • 3rd Baron FitzWarin
    Assumed: 1448/9-01-02
    Vacated: 1469-12-12

General Lands Note

Livery of wife's inheirited lands 15 Aug. 1437

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Shropshire 1443 1445
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1444
JP, Devon 1444
JP, Devon 1447 1448
JP, Surrey 1447/8
JP, Shropshire 1448 1449
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1450/1
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1451
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1451 1452
JP, Devon 1451
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1452
JP, Surrey 1452
JP, Shropshire 1453 1454
JP, Devon 1453
Commisioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1454
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1454 1455
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1455
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1455
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1455
JP, Devon 1455 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1456
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1457 1459
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1457
JP, Shropshire 1457 1458
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1459
JP, Shropshire 1460 1462
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1461
Master Forester, Devon 1461 -5 -10 1469 -12 -12
Master Forester, Somerset 1461 -5 -10 1469 -12 -12
JP, Shropshire 1465/6
JP, Devon 1467/8 1469
JP, Shropshire 1468
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1469
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1469
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1469

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bampton Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1437-08
    Divested: 1469-12
    Acquired via 1st wife
  • Tawstock Court, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1437-08
    Divested: 1469-12
    Acquired via 1st wife

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Cornwall
  • Devon: Afton, Bridgerule, Bradford Tracey, East Worlington, Meshaw, North Stoodleigh, and Thelbridge Manors
  • Gloucestershire
  • Herefordshire
  • England-Wales border
  • Middlesex
  • Shropshire
  • Somerset: Wigborough Manor
    Acquired: 1433
    via 1st wife
  • Staffordshire
  • Wiltshire
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s Bourchier, William (1414 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s Bourchier, William (1414 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s Bourchier, William (1414 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s Bourchier, William (1414 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s Bourchier, William (1414 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s Bourchier, William (1414 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bampton Castle Devon Private Residence
Tawstock Court Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Page, William, and R.W. Dunning, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1--2]; Oxford UP [vols 3--8], 1906--12 [vols 1--2]; 1974--2004 [vols 3--8]